Chapter 106. He regretted it; he shouldn't have kissed her...
The laboratory's purpose is to extract every last drop of value from its experimental subjects, turning them into blood donations for others.
The potions they currently produce are all single-use; after use, the user can only use their superpower once.
The laboratory is being improved to allow for the repeated use of superpowers.
Shan Ran suddenly remembered the green potion from Crocodile Island, which was still stored in her space.
Rong Shuyao was imprisoned in the basement.
Connecting these dots, Shanran felt as if she had discovered the truth.
If she wasn't mistaken, the green potion was extracted from Rong Shuyao.
Rong Shuyao's special ability is to eliminate the pollution of those who devour crystal cores.
The drug is likely still in the initial research stage, so its effectiveness is limited, it will cause users considerable discomfort, and there is still a risk of contamination.
According to the surveillance footage, Rong Shuyao's condition was alright, much better than the others, so she must have only been locked up for a short time.
"By the way, is the 'Qianji' antidote that your manager brought out really genuine?"
Shan Ran talked for a long time, interspersed with a crucial question.
"Yes, yes, our boss is incredibly quick-witted and always comes up with all sorts of strange and wonderful ideas. Sometimes we can't even keep up with him. Some of the potions he develops are stored directly in his spatial storage, which we can't access. If he says yes, it should be true, because... because our boss is actually quite afraid of pain and quite afraid of dying..."
Afterwards, Shan Ran asked some other questions, which the staff answered cautiously.
After some time, Dr. Nong's condition remained unchanged, indicating that the medicine was at least non-toxic.
So Shanran handed the box over.
Gawen deactivated his invisibility, solemnly took the box, paused for a moment, and then opened the lid.
Inside the insulated box, which was emitting cold air, lay two tubes of colorless medicine.
"Do you want to do it yourselves, or should I do it for you?" Shan Ran asked very considerately.
Thinking of the scene where the girl had just haphazardly given Dr. Nong needles, Gavin Gano's body stiffened for a moment.
"No need to trouble you, sister, let's do it ourselves."
Jiawen took out the medicine, gave himself an injection first, waited a moment, and after confirming that there was really no abnormality, he injected the rest of the medicine into his younger brother's body.
"how are you feeling?"
Jiawen looked at Shanran, too excited to maintain his smile, but the corners of his mouth still turned up.
"Sister, don't you think it looks strange that I'm always smiling?"
Shan Ran was surprised that the other party would ask such a question, but she still tilted her head and thought about it seriously for a moment.
"At first, yes, but everyone has their own quirks, especially strong people, who always have some unique traits. Later, I gradually got used to it."
Besides, just take a look at your brother's face now and you'll know what you look like when you're not smiling, so it doesn't matter whether you're smiling or not.
Jia Wen paused for a moment, then looked up and laughed.
As he smiled, his eyes became a little moist.
“When I was little, I always cried, and my younger brother would protect me. Whenever I cried, someone would whip me, and my brother would rush over and shield me with his back.”
I'm so useless. I cry during practice, I cry when it hurts, I cry when I'm injured, I cry when I'm hungry, and even when I have to kill someone, I still cry. I cry so much that I can't do anything, and I forget everything I've learned in that moment.
One day, the drill instructor found us and said that if I continued to cry so much, he would have to take action against my younger brother. He explained that they had made an exception to keep both of us alive because we were twins and had a special connection. But if I continued to be so useless, only one of us could survive.
Moreover, according to the rules of the training camp, the two of us will definitely have to fight each other to choose the stronger one.
Actually, my younger brother was more skilled than me, but I knew he would choose to die and leave me behind. I was afraid the instructor's words would come true, so from that day on, I stopped crying and forced myself to smile.
After laughing for so long, you get used to it; I can't make any other expressions anymore.
Perhaps because he was too excited after receiving the antidote, Gavin couldn't help but start rambling on and on.
The mountain was tinged with brows.
She couldn't bear to hear such words: the strong shedding their disguise, or the softness behind their armor.
She's not pretentious, but if someone pretentious cries and whines in front of her, her heart softens instantly.
She knew that Meng Xin had this idea in mind, so she usually pretended to be obedient and weak. However, Meng Xin was also wholeheartedly devoted to her and had no ill intentions, so she let him be.
As for Jiawen, she didn't know him well, but there was no conflict of interest between them, and so far their relationship had been relatively harmonious.
Shanran reached out and patted Jiawen's head, as if patting a homeless puppy.
Poor little dog, being all dramatic online.
Jiawen froze, but quickly recovered. The girl's scent entered his nostrils. She had killed too many people today and no longer had her own fragrance. Instead, there was a faint smell of blood mixed with sweat.
He often smelled similar scents when he was a child.
I don't like it, but I don't reject it either.
But the scent emanating from Shan Ran captivated him.
If I had met her when I was a child, would things have been different?
However, if they really met when they were children, it was most likely in a training camp, where they would become rivals, locked in a life-or-death struggle.
Let's forget about it then; he prefers his living sister.
Jiawen nuzzled Shanran's hand with his head, smiling brightly and looking very well-behaved.
Suddenly, a loud "boom" was heard, and there was a huge commotion outside the door.
Someone is forcibly dismantling the laboratory door.
The island's security finally realized something was wrong and tracked down the laboratory.
However, the doors here are very thick, bulletproof and supernatural, making them extremely difficult to forcibly dismantle.
Shan Ran patted Jia Wen's head, like patting a puppy before parting, telling him to wait patiently for her return, then stood up to go out.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Gano staring at him with expressionless, puppy-dog eyes, his gaze filled with longing.
Shanran bent down and patted her younger brother on the head before slipping away.
This time, the people outside didn't use the intercom; they broke down the door directly.
With both firearms and supernatural abilities employed, the door, though sturdy, could not withstand such a fierce onslaught for an extended period.
With no surveillance, no trace, and no knowledge of the enemy, they had no idea that the enemy would appear behind them.
Shan Ran flung out a ball of fire, which formed a fiery serpent in the corridor, engulfing everyone inside.
They quickly turned around, but didn't see who had made the move, so they all launched an attack in the direction from which the supernatural power had come.
Several more fireballs were thrown from another direction.
Shan Ran changed positions repeatedly, striking and running away, leaving her opponents completely bewildered.
The sudden attack disrupted their formation, and their blind attack inadvertently caused many friendly fire incidents.
The mountain dyed crops took the opportunity to harvest.
She was fast and agile; as soon as one group died, another group came up, and she quickly wiped out all the security guards who had come up to the third floor.
The island's security personnel were already few in number, and now they have all been wiped out.
Shan Ran, breathing heavily, washed the long sword with clean water and then put it back into her spatial storage.
The main gate was badly damaged, but it was still locked. Shan Ran didn't break down the gate; instead, she slipped directly into the laboratory.
The moment she landed, Shanran froze on the spot.
Her pupils contracted sharply as she looked at the scene before her—a blood-soaked landscape littered with corpses, a veritable hell on earth. Her heart skipped a beat, and she cried out in alarm, "This is bad."
Shan Ran searched for the figure of Gavin Gano, followed the sound, and found the two of them not far away.
Jiawen fell to the ground, his body curled up in a ball, emitting a low groan of extreme pain.
His fists had come out of their petrified state and were covered in blood and bits of flesh, clearly indicating that he was the one who had attacked those people.
Meanwhile, Gano was pinning Dr. Nong down, punching him repeatedly in the face.
Gano's body was trembling violently. He clenched his teeth, and blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth. Only when you got closer did you realize that his eyes were also bleeding!
"No, impossible... impossible, not possible..." The farmer below had been beaten half to death, his skin torn and bleeding, but he was still muttering to himself.
Shan Ran pulled Ganuo away. He was about to attack instinctively, but stopped just as the black snake's fangs were about to touch the girl's skin.
He blinked his bloodshot eyes, and the tears of blood that had been accumulating for so long finally flowed down, leaving a trail of blood on his face.
"What's wrong with you? Is there something wrong with the medicine?"
Gano's body trembled. He pushed Shanran away, stumbled back a few steps, and fell to the ground.
He looked up at the ceiling and answered Shanran's question.
This was the second time Shan Ran had heard him speak. His voice was unusually hoarse, and he was enduring severe discomfort, yet his tone remained calm.
"That medicine amplifies the negative effects, like poison. If there is no poison in the body, there will be no problem after using it. But if a person who is already poisoned uses it, it will accelerate the onset of the poison and make the toxicity stronger."
He knew his sister possessed the supernatural ability of immortality, and assumed you were also a suicide soldier. He wanted to imprison you after you died from the poison so he could develop a elixir of immortality.
Dr. Nong was determined to get Shan Ran, but he didn't expect that she was not a suicide bomber and had not been poisoned at all.
Shan Ran stepped forward and lifted Dr. Nong up: "So you don't have the antidote for 'Qianji'?"
Dr. Nong spat out a mouthful of blood, his tongue was broken, and his voice was muffled: "'Qianji' was made for assassins. The original purpose of making it was to make assassins loyal and completely give up the idea of escaping. They are assassins, they can only serve their master until death, how could there be an antidote?"
"Are there any ways to relieve the symptoms? Do you have the medication that you take once a month?"
"Their toxicity was increased by at least five times; a whole bottle of those pills wouldn't have any effect."
Shan Ran gritted his teeth, wishing he could kill the other person immediately, but he had no choice but to patiently ask him questions.
"Sister," Jia Wen's voice trembled with pain, "I'm in so much pain, sister..."
“I really underestimated you. I was the one who made the ‘Tracing Machine’. I know better than anyone what the poisoning is like. I thought this dose would kill you instantly, but I didn’t expect you to last so long.”
Shan Ran grabbed his throat: "You have so many medicines, I don't believe there's no other way? There must be, take them out."
"I...uh...I...cough cough cough," he said, waiting for Shan Ran's grip to loosen slightly. "I won't give it to you here. Those two are lunatics! You...you send me out, send me off the island, I..."
Dr. Nong's eyes had been punched into slits. He barely managed to look at Shan Ran, his eyes wide open.
During the fight in the corridor, Shan Ran's mask slipped off.
"You...you are Shanran??"
Shan Ran frowned and remained silent.
"You... I know you! You take me out, and I'll work for you. I'm amazing; I'm the best at making pharmaceuticals and drugs in the world! Take me outside, film it, and post it online so everyone knows you saved me. That way, I'll believe you. If I survive, I'll save them!"
Shan Ran tightened her grip on Dr. Nong's throat once more, this time with even greater force than before.
"Didn't you just say you thought they would die from the poison immediately? How could they possibly hold on until you went out and posted photos online?"
"I..." Dr. Nong was filled with remorse. He had witnessed the scene of the two brothers slaughtering people and thought he was going to die today, so he had given up and said everything.
But unexpectedly, one of them turned out to be Shan Ran!
He knew how good Shanran's reputation was online, and all the reviews were positive. She was upright in her conduct, and betraying her trust would seriously damage her reputation.
As the commander of a large base, he has good relationships with many base security zones.
Especially in the safe zone, he had heard about the deeds of District Chief Lu Wenrou and knew that she was capable but kind-hearted. As long as he could enter the safe zone, no one would be able to harm him anymore.
He was so regretful!
"They, they've made it this far, they can definitely keep going! The 'Qianji' poison is excruciatingly painful when it takes effect, but as long as you can endure the pain, there's still a chance to survive."
By the way, I have painkillers and pain-relieving injections in my storage space. They're very effective. Give them these quickly so they can just hang in there!
He quickly threw a few boxes on the ground.
“No need,” Shan Ran shook her head. “I’ll find it myself.”
"Myself? What self...."
The last note abruptly stopped, followed by a crisp sound, and then Dr. Nong's head drooped at an abnormal angle.
His neck was broken.
Shan Ran threw the corpse a short distance away, and soon, a large pile of things appeared out of thin air next to the corpse.
Most of them were medicines in boxes, along with some food, water, clothing, and other necessities, all of which were found after Dr. Nong's death.
Shan Ran said "Wait for me" and quickly ran to the door, unlocked it from the inside, and rushed out.
Seeing the girl run out, Gano turned to the side, curled up, and hugged himself with his arms.
The twins' movements are very similar, as if they are trying to relieve the pain.
"Is our sister abandoning us?"
"I died too ugly, with a terrible expression, so it's better if my sister doesn't see me."
"Hmm... Brother, is there anything else you wish for?"
"And you?"
"I...I want to stay by my sister's side."
"I want to see the blue sky, I want to run freely, I want to live like an ordinary person, and I also want... I want you to live."
Blood tears streamed down Jiawen's face. He wanted to live, he wanted his younger brother to live.
It turns out that those who commit suicide ultimately die for freedom.
With a loud bang, the half-closed door was kicked open.
The two people were thrown to the ground.
Both Gavin and Gana were stunned. The two people on the ground were staff members in white coats. Looking over, Shan Ran walked over.
She...she didn't leave.
Bloody tears streamed down their faces again.
It's not because of pain.
Shan Ran dragged one person to the pile of supplies that had been looted, and threw the other person next to the two brothers: "Help me keep an eye on things."
She pointed to a box of medicine and asked the man what its effects were and what its side effects were.
They asked him all the questions, then threw him aside and pulled over another person to ask.
In the end, she actually found a solution.
There is a kind of potion, taken from a transfer ability user, whose effect is to transfer something from the other person to oneself.
It could be a body part, or something as intangible as a memory of love, or even poison within the body.
Aside from superpowers that cannot be transferred, anything can be transferred.
Only one transfer ability user has been discovered so far, and its use is quite limited, offering no help in transferring abilities. Therefore, Dr. Nong has only successfully produced one tube.
There is only one available.
Even if there were two vials of injections, it wouldn't be of any use. The twins are in too much pain to use their powers right now. After Shan Ran used one injection, the poison transferred to her body, and she will only feel more pain. She definitely won't be able to use a second injection.
Only one person can be saved.
Shan Ran turned around and looked at the two brothers not far away.
She walked up to the two of them, squatted down, and explained the effects of the medicine to them.
"So, sister, are you going to transfer the poison to yourself?"
"Only one injection?"
Shan Ran nodded: "After the drug is injected, the person must use their special ability to transfer the poison out for others to use. If they are unwilling or use it improperly, the drug will be rendered useless."
Gano shook his head.
"Forget it, I'm used to the pain. I'd rather die sooner so I won't have to suffer like this anymore."
"A choice between two options... Hahaha, is this fate?"
Suddenly, Jiawen burst into laughter, a wild and chaotic laugh that left his voice hoarse. He even said that seduction was like a broken organ, hoarse and mocking, filled with a bone-chilling desolation.
Suddenly, the laughter stopped abruptly. Jiawen struck out abruptly, delivering a heavy blow to the back of Jianuo's neck before Jianuo could react.
Gano convulsed a few times and then fainted.
Shan Ran looked at Jia Wen with a complicated expression, and understood what he meant.
His unchanging smile vanished, replaced by a pitiful plea.
"Sister, I'm so sorry, I... I didn't want you to suffer like this, but... there's only one chance to cure this poison here, and I can't give it up. I'm sorry, I'm about to die. Sister, please forgive me?"
Shan Ran did not mean to blame anyone.
She's not someone who's never died before, it's just that it hurts a little.
If someone else dies, they cannot be brought back to life.
Dying once in exchange for someone else living is a good deal.
"Are you sure you want to give the antidote to your brother?"
Jiawen glanced at his younger brother, who was still trembling in his coma, and nodded without hesitation.
He gave an address on the Second Continent, where all the things the two brothers had saved up over more than a decade were hidden.
"We went to see them after the apocalypse. That family kept everything safe. One of them has the ability to store things in space. Sister, go find him. Everything they have is yours."
I'm sorry, this is all I have left. I can give everything I have to my sister, but I'm going to die. I owe you...
Shan Ran took a step forward, came to Jia Wen's side, and leaned close to his face.
The two were very close.
She first used her water-based powers to wash Jiawen's face clean, then took out a tissue to dry it.
Despite the pain, Jiawen tried his best to control his body as the girl's fingers caressed him.
He stared blankly at her, wondering what she was going to do.
Shan Ran offered an explanation.
Gavin laughed again: "So it turns out I'm still somewhat useful after all."
After he was cleaned up, his face and lips were actually very pale.
Shan Ran sighed softly, placed her hands on his shoulders, and kissed him.
The taste of blood still lingered in Jiawen's mouth; his throat was bleeding, and his bitten tongue was also bleeding.
He flinched, realizing he didn't taste good and worried that he would be disliked.
Unexpectedly, the girl came in aggressively, reaching in directly, her lips and tongue swirling around him, the warm touch making his body tremble even more violently.
Shan Ran only washed his face, not his hands. He kept his hands hanging by his sides, afraid to move, lest he soil her clothes.
His eyes were red, whether from pain or excitement, it was hard to tell.
His movements were initially gentle, but after absorbing her sweetness, they became increasingly passionate.
The teeth collided, and the back of the tongue was sucked, making the mouth numb.
He was never a kind person to begin with, and if the situation hadn't prevented it, his actions would have been even more frantic; he wanted to forcefully pull the girl into his arms and into his body.
He thought back to his first mission, which was also the first time he left the training camp and saw what the outside world was like.
The training of the assassins took place on the second continent, and he and his brother had never left that small area since they became conscious.
So this is what the outside world is like.
It wouldn't always be shrouded in darkness and bloodshed, and even the air would be fresher, unlike the training camp, where no matter how much you washed it, you couldn't get rid of the rotten, damp, and fishy stench.
People outside won't be brandishing knives at each other; pedestrians will be chatting and laughing, walking normally, without worrying about being attacked from behind.
So this is what kissing is like. It lets him see the beauty of this world again and makes him cherish the memories.
He regretted it.
We shouldn't have kissed.
Having tasted the best flavor in the world, he suddenly couldn't bear to die.
He wanted to ruthlessly withdraw, afraid that if he continued to sink into depravity and indulge in the beautiful things, he would betray his original intentions.
But he couldn't do it; he wanted to drown in it, to die beside her.
He died on her body.
Please allow him to have this offensive thought at the very end: he wants to be close to the girl, to feel her body temperature, to fill her, and to make her happy.
My younger brother just asked him what his wish was.
So this was his true wish.
——
Shan Ran suddenly opened her eyes and took a deep breath of fresh air.
She moved her hands and feet, and everything was fine.
She came back to life.
The pain from before seemed to still be there, and my body still had that hallucination.
It hurts so much I could die; just thinking about it makes my teeth ache.
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